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$23,000 in Costs Assessed Against Ex-Prisoner for Scam Lawsuit

Loaded on April 15, 2009

Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Eighth Amendment, Civil Procedure, Frivolous Litigation, Costs. Location: Georgia.

A Georgia federal district court has taxed costs of $23,000 against an ex-prisoner after a jury entered a verdict for prison officials. The jury’s verdict rejected the prisoner’s claim of cruel and unusual punishment and accepted the prison officials’ claim the lawsuit was a scam.

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